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Coverage of Innsbruck 2012 – Information for the Media

There are just three days to go until the Opening Ceremony of the first Winter Youth Olympic Games, being held from 13 to 22 January. For those who are travelling to Innsbruck, and for those who will be reporting on the event remotely, you will find below some essential information to your coverage of the Games:

FREE CONTENT AVAILABLE

Broadcast quality footage:

·Daily News Feed: a 10-minute daily news feed (recap of the day’s sporting action including interviews with some of the winners) will be distributed via satellite every evening. For detailed information on the transmissions, please contact Associated Press (AP) at: rwarsap@ap.org. In addition to this, each news feed will be made available in broadcast quality footage on the following Innsbruck 2012 dedicated page: click here. You will also find cool footage of the five YOG Ambassadors (Sidney Crosby, Yuna Kim, Benjamin Raich, Kevin Rolland and Lindsey Vonn) already available on this web page.

· Video News Releases(VNRs): AP will also be distributing 3 VNRs via satellite and posting them on their Innsbruck 2012 dedicated page on 14, 17 and 19 January. Content will include footage and short interviews of the following:

- 14 January 8 p.m.: Meet the Role Models: Q&A session with young athletes, with Alexander Popov and Stéphane Lambiel

19 January: Lindsey Vonn visits the Youth Olympic Games including the giant slalom competition at Patscherkofel. Q&A session with athletes at Congress Hall

If you wish to attend any of the above events, please send an email to pressoffice@olympic.org as there might be space constraints.

ADDITIONAL MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES

There will be interview opportunities with:

- The IOC President Jacques Rogge- YOG Ambassadors - Athlete Role Models (ARMs) – please click here to see the full list. ARMs are the Olympians and champions who will be mentoring the 1,000 participating athletes. Media will be offered the chance to follow them while they interact with the young participating athletes during the Culture and Education Programme. Please click here to see their media availability.

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